Wild honey from various thyme By Michael Field [i.e. K. H. Bradley and E. E. Cooper] |
 |
THE FEEDING OF BACCHUS |
 |
|
|
| IV. |
|
 | Wild honey from various thyme |  |
54
THE FEEDING OF BACCHUS
Macris, the mountain nymph, lifts up a child,
Brought under name of Bacchus to her knee
By the four rapid wings of Mercury.
O solemn Babe, an orphan in the wild!
Brought under name of Bacchus to her knee
By the four rapid wings of Mercury.
O solemn Babe, an orphan in the wild!
He lies upon the crystal of her breast;
The fulness of the air with sovereign tread
Enters one doorway in the rock to spread
Brimful throughout her grot; then, toward the west,
The fulness of the air with sovereign tread
Enters one doorway in the rock to spread
Brimful throughout her grot; then, toward the west,
Passes another doorway and so leaves
That rustical alcove fresh as the sky:
She, while it blows, with honey feeds the boy,
That rustical alcove fresh as the sky:
She, while it blows, with honey feeds the boy,
Anointing his round lips with balm that cleaves,
Till mastery comes on him of a joy
So stout it clamours through the gold—a cry!
Till mastery comes on him of a joy
So stout it clamours through the gold—a cry!
| Wild honey from various thyme | |